Insitu hybridization auto at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$296.53

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$296.53

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$17.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.08 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.79 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.55 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $49.82 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $57.82 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $75.62 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $80.95 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $103.79 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $118.61 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $133.44 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $158.05 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -2%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↓ -2%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↓ -2%
Aetna QHPExchange $306.41 ↑ +3%
Cigna CSN $337.05 ↑ +14%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $365.07 ↑ +23%
Aetna NBHMO $407.48 ↑ +37%
Aetna NBPOS $407.48 ↑ +37%
Aetna NBPPO $407.48 ↑ +37%
Aetna COMMHMO $432.91 ↑ +46%
Aetna COMMPOS $432.91 ↑ +46%
Aetna COMMPPO $432.91 ↑ +46%
Cigna PPO $434.35 ↑ +46%
Aetna OONPOS $508.56 ↑ +72%
Aetna OONPPO $508.56 ↑ +72%
Aetna OONHMO $508.56 ↑ +72%
Aetna ASAPPO $549.88 ↑ +85%
Aetna ASAHMO $549.88 ↑ +85%
Aetna ASAPOS $549.88 ↑ +85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↑ +93%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↑ +113%
Humana HMO $741.17 ↑ +150%
Humana PPO $741.17 ↑ +150%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↑ +167%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↑ +186%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↑ +205%
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Insitu hybridization auto at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,329.00 $291.26 – $741.17
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $129.60 $291.26 – $741.17
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $294.00 $35.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $274.49 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $274.49 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $294.00 $35.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $274.49 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $274.49 $26.00 – $890.45

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